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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

18 km NNW of Kingfield, Maine

· 5.0 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Franklin County 18 kmSomerset County 51 kmOxford County 77 kmKennebec County 86 kmCoos County 95 kmAndroscoggin County 104 kmWaldo County 114 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Franklin County, 18 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2444 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 45.1024, -70.2632. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Franklin County, ME 18 km (11 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Somerset County, ME 51 km (31 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Somerset County
Oxford County, ME 77 km (48 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Oxford County
Kennebec County, ME 86 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kennebec County
Coos County, NH 95 km (59 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Coos County
Androscoggin County, ME 104 km (65 mi) N of here earthquakes near Androscoggin County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

8 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.9 7 km ESE of Eustis, Maine
  2. 1.6 3 km SE of Madison, Maine
  3. 1.9 3 km SSW of Embden, Maine
  4. 1.7 5 km NNW of Dallas, Maine
  5. 2.3 12 km SE of Jackman, Maine
  6. 2.3 13 km SE of Jackman, Maine
  7. 2.2 21 km WNW of Eustis, Maine
  8. 1.5 16 km E of Eustis, Maine

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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